Tuonelan tuvilla [English translation]

Young man Joukahainen, Boy with powers o' weak

Held a strong hate, long lasting anger

He made a bow of fire, a noble bow of such beauty

of iron he made the arch, of brass was forged the handle

Arrows he made by hand,

readied the bolts, prepared to wind up his bow

"Will you shoot up Väinämöinen, would you make the greatest of Kalevala fall.

Make his figure disappear from earth, silence his joyful singing.

His voice is better living, his songs worth of a life

they do not belong in death, they shall not been heard in the halls of Underworld. Halls of Underworld"

He waited for a whole week, watching behind corners of every shed

Listening at the ends of alleys, kept watch in the fields.

Hastend the bow of fire, held the noble bow in his hands.

Aimed for the death of Väinämöinen. sought kill the man of quiet water

"And so will the old Väinämöinen fall into the pits of the Underworld,

from the back of his noble steed."